Large Illegal Cigarette Factory Discovered in Charleroi: "Workers Worked Here in Deplorable Conditions"

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A large illegal cigarette factory has been discovered in Charleroi. This was announced by the FPS Finance. Boxes full of counterfeit cigarettes were seized along with the various machines.

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In Charleroi, customs excavated an illegal cigarette factory, confiscated more than a million cigarettes, and tobacco for millions more.

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This Thursday morning, an operation to dismantle an illegal cigarette trade was carried out in Monceau-Sur-Sambre, in the Charleroi entity, in an old factory disused since June 2023. According to our information, it is already the 11th factory dismantled since the beginning of 2026, which places Belgium in the top 3 European, just behind Poland. Between 2021 and 2025, the top 5 is as follows:1. Poland 2. Belgium 3. Slovakia 4. Netherlands 5. Spa…